Fernando Posted April 19, 2015 Share Posted April 19, 2015 (edited) Hi, esteemed readership, I have made some searches on this topic, but most of the material is about RAF Tornadoes, which I think are different on this. Pictures lead me to think that cockpit colour on German ones is lighter, probably around FS36320/36375. Instructions on Revell kits (on any scale) bring you those messy mixings using their own paints I have learned to avoid. Has anyone any hard data on this? Thank you in advance. Fernando Edited April 19, 2015 by Fernando Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JayBee Posted April 19, 2015 Share Posted April 19, 2015 FS 36231. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fernando Posted April 19, 2015 Author Share Posted April 19, 2015 Hard as stone. Thank you, mate. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tempestfan Posted April 21, 2015 Share Posted April 21, 2015 With Germany having a colour standard of its own and the Tornados being home-produced, I'd tend to think it may have been a RAL shade for which there's an FS match - but it's just a feeling, no hard fact. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fernando Posted April 21, 2015 Author Share Posted April 21, 2015 Tempestfan, I tend to agree. However, there are examples in which they define their colours according to the FS595b, even together to some expressed as a RAL denomination, such as the Norm 83 camo scheme (RAL 7021, RAL 6003 and FS34079) or the presence of FS35237 in Norm 90 camo schemes. FErnando Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tempestfan Posted April 21, 2015 Share Posted April 21, 2015 I know, but those colours are in elaborate camou schemes where they needed a specific shade to achieve maximum effect presumably not available as a RAL tone. This would not seem to be an issue with an interior colour. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Westwind Posted April 22, 2015 Share Posted April 22, 2015 Since all cockpit-sections of the Tornado were manufactured by BAC/BAe in Britain, the GR1/IDS models all have the same colour, which is indeed FS 36231. While the RAF's GR4 Tornadoes changed to a darker colour, the german ones kept the old colour to this day afaik. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc72 Posted April 24, 2015 Share Posted April 24, 2015 I have recently bought the book: A. Klein/C. Gerard, Panavia Tornado. The Tornado IDS/ECR (Luftwaffe) in the 21st Century from "Double Ugly Books & Decals". Quiet a nice documentation with plenty of photos BTW. This publication also mentions FS 36231 as the cockpit color. It refers only to 21st-century German Tornados, however, but if was the color originally applied by BAe as Westwind mentioned, I guess German Tornados always had it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edgar Posted April 24, 2015 Share Posted April 24, 2015 During my time at my last company, we manufactured instruments for Tornado flight simulators (not all for the RAF,) and every one had to be painted 36231. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tempestfan Posted April 29, 2015 Share Posted April 29, 2015 I am busy eating a large slice of humble pie. Thanks for the enlightenment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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